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Teaching Artistexpired

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

United States United States, Newark
Posted on: Dec. 20, 2024

Description:

Position Summary: NJPAC Teaching Artists are professional artists and educators who teach a variety of arts disciplines in various environments across the state of New Jersey. Our programs are offered virtually, on-site and to schools, community centers and childcare centers throughout New Jersey. All TAs are paid for ongoing training opportunities as well as all meeting and planning time. NJPAC Teaching Artists are on-call employees. Work fluctuates based on season, sales and TA availability.

Pay Rates:

Facilitation: $50-$80/hr
Meetings and Training :$28.35/hr
Documentation : $13/hr
We are currently prioritizing the following opportunities:

Dance: Musical Theater choreographers, Creative Movement

Creative Movement: use the elements of dance and movement to engage elementary students to support storytelling and literacy development
World Dance: (grades 3rd – 6th) all cultural dance artists welcomed. Lesson planning required.
Hip Hop: Emcee’ing, Beatboxing, DJ’ing, Music Production, Graffiti, Dance

Music: Recorder, Beginning Band

Professional Development Facilitators: All Artistic Disciplines

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

Facilitate workshops, residencies, and/or Saturday and summer classes that are developmentally appropriate, focus on the whole student and build social-emotional learning in addition to artistic learning goals
Create curriculum outlines and lesson plans that embody the goals of NJPAC’s program(s)
Share curriculum outlines with NJPAC staff, classroom teachers, and school administration
Communicate with NJPAC and school staff regarding all aspects of programming
Participate in paid meetings and training at NJPAC
Travel to and work in all types of schools, on-site programs, and community settings across New Jersey. Some opportunities may be available for virtual options.
Qualifications and Special Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in the arts, education or arts-related field, or equivalent experience
Professional experience in a performing art form and/or as a teaching artist or educator
Experience working with diverse populations and ages
Foundational understanding of healing centered, culturally responsive, anti-racist and/or social-emotional learning
Strong classroom management skills
Strong oral and written communication skills in order to interact with students, classroom teachers, school administrators, and NJPAC staff
Willingness to travel to and teach in various school settings in New Jersey
Willingness to attend meetings, training, and complete paperwork in addition to teaching classes
Reliable transportation
Required background check & fingerprinting clearance

Supporting Documents must include the following required for employment consideration are:

Teaching Philosophy Statement (one page written or three minutes recorded max)

Headshot (Optional)

Other Work Sample (Optional)

Please upload all documents when completing your application of employment. If you are having issues uploading your supporting documents, please email Steven Hayet at [email protected]


No phone calls please. Candidates selected for audition and interview will receive a verbal or written response including a request for a sample lesson plan. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but we will only conduct interviews three times a year in an effort to provide cohort training within the first month of on-boarding.

NJPAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Application Deadline: Mar. 31, 2025
Job Duration: Open ended
Job/Audition Type: Full Time
Job Category: Education/Teaching/Coaching
Artistic Discipline: Theater, Dance, Circus, Music, Performance Art
Payment status: Paid
Job Location: United States,
Newark
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